Marine Park Fee for a Kite Safari – What are those?
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Marine Park Fee for a Kite Safari – What are those?

Marine Park Fee is a fee (as the name suggest) that every foreign kiter needs to pay to the coast guard to be allowed to kite in the islands of the Red Sea. The official cost is 45USD, but many boats charge more than that. Why that happens? Why for all kite safari, the Marine Park Fee is more than 45USD?

The explanation is simple – on top of this 45USD, all the boats charge an extra cost for having the boat parked at the Marine (from here the name, Marine Park Fee). So basically this is a kind of arbitrary fee that the yacht applies to any of its foreign (non egyptian) kiter. Not great.

I see boats charging 100€ or more for Marine Park Fee – I do understand that these boats are parked in the New Hurghada Marina, but similar boats charge 70/80€, that seems to me a more reasonable price.

Which Marinas can you find in Hurghada for your Kite Safari?

New Marina – Beautiful but expensive to park your boat there

Old Sheraton Marina – Horrible

Masharabeya Marina – Cute and super quiet. My personal favorite

Marine Sport Club – A bit chaotic, but a good option

Marriot Marina – Nice but small

Shellgada Marina – Also an interesting option, as not many boats are allowed to park there

How much Heaven Liberty charges?

I try to charge 60€ for Marine Park fee for Heaven Liberty, the boat we manage all year round. And we try to avoid Old Sheraton Marina at all costs.